Photography was a distant third in the reasons for me being in Ireland for nine nights. Or, to be clearer, it wasn’t a reason at all for being in Ireland, but I managed to retrofit it as one. Which I suppose makes it more of an excuse than a reason, or maybe just an incidental [...]
Category Archives: Cronbi Photos
How It All Started (Contax 139, 2001)
Sunday, November 6, 2011
This week sees the tenth anniversary of my serious relationship with photography. The spark of interest had occurred six months previously, during an afternoon physics practical at university. Armed with a manual SLR and some black and white film, we conducted various photographic experiments. In that one short period I had been given an introduction [...]
Brighton, Photographically
Sunday, August 7, 2011
It was not a good start to the day. The Southern Trains 90% special offer to Brighton was negated by my own special offer to world – retardation. I had looked up the train time the night before. I had looked at the departure board in plenty of time. But still I was convinced that [...]
Paris, Photographically
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
I spent two nights in Paris this past weekend with a few chums. Theoretically, the reason was to see the conclusion of the Tour de France, but actually it was an excuse to drink and take photos, although not at the same time, and not necessarily in that order. At the last minute I decided [...]
